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2015 Annual Report - Review of Federal Advisory Committee

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2015 Fiscal Year Report: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Report Run Date: 02/28/2024 10:20:10 AM

1. Department or Agency 2. Fiscal Year Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2015

3. Committee or Subcommittee 3b. GSA Committee No.

207

4. Is this New During Fiscal5. Current 6. Expected Renewal 7. Expected Term Year? Charter Date Date No 12/04/2014 12/04/2016 8a. Was Terminated During 8b. Specific Termination 8c. Actual Term FiscalYear? Authority Date No

9. Agency Recommendation for Next 10a. Legislation Req to 10b. Legislation FiscalYear Terminate? Pending?

Continue No Not Applicable

11. Establishment Authority Statutory (Congress Created)

12. Specific Establishment 13. Effective 14. Commitee 14c.

Authority Date Type Presidential?

42 U.S.C. Sect. 2039 & 2232 01/01/1957 Continuing No 16b. Reports Report Date Report Title 10/14/2014 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application of the Callway Plant, Unit 1 12/14/2014 Integration of Mitigating Strategies for Beyond Design Basis External Events and the Re-Eval of Flooding Hazards 12/17/2014 Draft Branch Technical Position 8-9 on Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power Systems 02/12/2015 Final ACRS Review of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Operating License Application 02/19/2015 Safety Aspects of the Nuclear Innovation North America, LLC CLA for South TX Project Nuclear Station, Units 3 & 4 02/20/2015 Draft Final Generic Letter 20XX-XX, "Treatment of Natural Phenomena Hazards at Fuel Cycle Facilities" Proposed Rev for 10 CFR 50.55a to Incorporate by Ref IEEE Standard 02/26/2015 603-2009, "IEEE Standard Criteria for Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations Cumulutive Effects of Regulation Process Enhancements and Risk 03/11/2015 Prioritization Intiaitive: Response to Commission Direction and Recommendations 03/13/2015 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 04/20/2015 Topical Report NEDC-33766P, "GEH Simplified Stability Solution(GS3) 04/22/2015 Draft SECY Paper, " Proposed Rulemaking: Mitigation Beyond Design Basis Events (RIN 3150-AJ49)

Compliance w/Phase 2 of Order EA-13-109, Order Mod Lic w/Regard to 04/30/2015 Reliable Hardened Containment Vents Capable of Operation Under Severe Accident Conditions 06/24/2015 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Maxium Extended Load Line Limit Analysis (MELLA+) License Amendment Request 06/25/2015 PSEG Early Site Permit 07/21/2015 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Max Ext Load Line Limit Analysis Plus (MELLA+) License Amendment Request 09/21/2015 Report on the Safety Aspections of the License Renewal Application for Byron Stations Unit 1 and 2 and Braidwood Stations Units 1 and 2 09/22/2015 Draft Regulatory Basis for Containment and Release Reduction for Mark I and Mark II Boiling Water Reactors Rulemaking Activities 09/23/2015 ISG DC/COL-ISG-028, Assessing the Tech Adequacy of Advanced LWR PRA for the DC Application and CLA Total Number of Reports: 18

17a. Open 48 17b. Closed 11 17c. Partially Closed 25 Other Activities0 17d. Total 84 Meetings and Dates Purpose Start End Plant Operations and Fire Protection 10/01/2014 - 10/01/2014 Planning and Procedures 10/01/2014 - 10/01/2014 618th Full Committee 10/02/2014 - 10/04/2014 Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment 10/15/2014 - 10/15/2014 Regulatory Policies and Practices 10/16/2014 - 10/16/2014 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels 10/16/2014 - 10/16/2014 Reliability and PRA 10/17/2014 - 10/17/2014 Reliability and PRA 11/03/2014 - 11/03/2014 T-H Phenomena 11/04/2014 - 11/04/2014 Advanced Boiling Water Reactor 11/05/2014 - 11/05/2014 Planning and Procedures 11/05/2014 - 11/05/2014 Plant License Renewal 11/05/2014 - 11/05/2014 619th Full Committee 11/06/2014 - 11/08/2014 Digital Instrumentation and Control 11/17/2014 - 11/17/2014 Structural Analysis 11/17/2014 - 11/17/2014 Joint Meeting Digital I&C, Reliability and PRA 11/18/2014 - 11/19/2014 Reliability and PRA 11/19/2014 - 11/19/2014 Fukushima 11/20/2014 - 11/21/2014 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels 50.46 Rulemaking Activities 12/02/2014 - 12/02/2014 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels Draft Reg Guide 1309 12/02/2014 - 12/02/2014 Planning and Procedures 12/03/2014 - 12/03/2014 ABWR 12/03/2014 - 12/03/2014 Plant License Renewal 12/03/2014 - 12/03/2014 620th Full Committee 12/04/2014 - 12/06/2014 Plant Operations and Fire Protection 01/13/2015 - 01/13/2015 Safety Research Program (NIST) 01/14/2015 - 01/14/2015 Planning and Procedures 02/04/2015 - 02/04/2015 621st Full Committee 02/05/2015 - 02/07/2015 Reliability and PRA (Level 3 PRA) 02/18/2015 - 02/18/2015 Reliability and PRA (RMRF) 02/20/2015 - 02/20/2015 Reliability and PRA (Risk Prioritization Initiative) 02/20/2015 - 02/20/2015 Regulatory Policies and Practices 03/04/2015 - 03/04/2015 Planning and Procedures 03/04/2015 - 03/04/2015 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuelds - EPRI's CDP 03/04/2015 - 03/04/2015 622nd Full Committee 03/06/2015 - 03/07/2015 Power Uprates 03/17/2015 - 03/17/2015 Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena and Reliability and PRA 03/18/2015 - 03/18/2015 Fukushima Draft Proposal Rule for Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis Events 03/19/2015 - 03/19/2015 Fukushima with Institute of Nuclear Power Operations 03/19/2015 - 03/19/2015 Fukushima Development of Interim Staff Guidance 03/20/2015 - 03/20/2015 Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena 03/20/2015 - 03/20/2015 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels - Consequential Steam Generator Tube Rupture 04/07/2015 - 04/07/2015 Planning and Procedures 04/08/2015 - 04/08/2015 Structural Analysis 04/08/2015 - 04/08/2015 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels - NUREG 1927 04/08/2015 - 04/08/2015 623rd Full Committee 04/09/2015 - 04/11/2015 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels 04/21/2015 - 04/22/2015 Plant License Renewal 04/23/2015 - 04/23/2015 Digitial and I&C and PRA 04/24/2015 - 04/24/2015 Reliability and PRA 04/24/2015 - 04/24/2015 Reliability and PRA 05/05/2015 - 05/05/2015 Fukushima 05/06/2015 - 05/06/2015 Planning and Procedures 05/06/2015 - 05/06/2015 624th Full Committee 05/07/2015 - 05/09/2015 Plant Operations and Fire Protection 05/21/2015 - 05/21/2015 Reliability and PRA Subcommittee 06/08/2015 - 06/08/2015 Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels 06/08/2015 - 06/08/2015 Regulatory Policies and Practices 06/09/2015 - 06/09/2015 T-H Phenomena 06/09/2015 - 06/09/2015 Planning and Procedures 06/09/2015 - 06/09/2015 625th Full Committee 06/10/2015 - 06/12/2015 Power Uprates 06/22/2015 - 06/22/2015 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials 06/23/2015 - 06/24/2015 Future Plant Designs 06/25/2015 - 06/25/2015 T-H Phenomena 07/07/2015 - 07/07/2002 Fukushima 07/07/2015 - 07/07/2015 Planning and Procedures 07/07/2015 - 07/07/2015 626th Full Committee 07/08/2015 - 07/10/2015 Future Plant Designs 07/22/2015 - 07/22/2015 Future Plant Designs 08/18/2015 - 08/18/2015 Fukushima 08/18/2015 - 08/18/2015 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials 08/19/2015 - 08/19/2015 US APWR 08/20/2015 - 08/20/2015 Reliability and PRA (HRA Method Development and Progress) 08/21/2015 - 08/21/2015 Reliability & PRA (ISG for ALWR) 08/21/2015 - 08/21/2015 Planning and Procedures 09/09/2015 - 09/09/2015 Future Plant Designs 09/09/2015 - 09/09/2015 627th Full Committee 09/09/2015 - 09/12/2015 T-H Phenomena 09/21/2015 - 09/21/2015 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials - SHINE 09/22/2015 - 09/22/2015 Plant License Renewal - Davis Beese 09/23/2015 - 09/23/2015 Future Plant Designs 09/24/2015 - 09/24/2015 Plant Operations and Fire Protection - ROP Enhancements 09/24/2015 - 09/24/2015 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials - RFCOP 09/25/2015 - 09/25/2015 Total Number of Meetings: 84

Current FY Next FY 18a(1). Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members $928,883.00 $957,000.00 18a(2). Personnel Pmts to Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18a(3). Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff $4,475,895.00$4,676,000.00 18a(4). Personnel Pmts to Non-Member Consultants $84,658.00 $78,000.00 18b(1). Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members $389,435.00 $401,000.00 18b(2). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18b(3). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff $60,913.00 $63,000.00 18b(4). Travel and Per Diem to Non-member Consultants $19,277.00 $19,900.00 18c. Other(rents,user charges, graphics, printing, mail, $62,883.00 $60,000.00 etc.)

18d. Total $6,021,944.00$6,254,900.00

19. Federal Staff Support Years (FTE) 32.90 33.30

20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) reports to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and provides the Commission with independent reviews of, and advice on, the safety of proposed or existing NRC-licensed reactor facilities and the adequacy of applicable safety standards. The ACRS was established as a statutory committee by a 1957 amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. With the enactment of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the licensing functions of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) were transferred intact from the AEC to the NRC. The ACRS has continued in the same advisory role to the NRC with its responsibilities changing with the needs of the Commission. Some ACRS tasks are mandated by statute or regulation; some are in response to direction by the Commission, or requests from the NRC staff, or other stakeholders; and some are self initiated in response to ACRS concerns on important regulatory and safety-related matters. The ACRS, upon request from the Department of Energy (DOE), provides advice on the safety of U.S. naval reactor designs.

Upon request, the ACRS also provides technical advice to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The ACRS and its Subcommittees meet regularly in public, Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)-regulated meetings to review matters within the scope of its responsibilities. ACRS meeting agendas, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are available for downloading or viewing on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#acrs. The ACRS and its Subcommittees held 84 meetings during FY 2015, including 10 Full Committee meetings that were attended by all ACRS members of which there were 11 closed and 25 partially closed meetings. The ACRS members are chosen for their technical expertise relevant to the safety issues important to the Commission. Consultants are used on occasion to augment the expertise of the ACRS members. The Committee has a full-time staff that provides technical support and administrative services in compliance with FACA requirements.

ACRS Subcommittees normally consist of three to six ACRS members with the expertise needed to review in detail the regulatory and safety issues and to formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee.

Stakeholders participation in ACRS meetings is encouraged and routinely occurs. The Committee's advice, in the form of written reports, is only produced by the Full Committee, and reports on significant regulatory matters are discussed with the Commission in public meetings. The ACRS conducts an ongoing review of its priorities and schedules to ensure that regulatory matters within its scope of responsibilities are being properly addressed and within its resources, and timely advice is provided to the Commission. Input from the Commission, the NRC staff, and affected stakeholders is used in this process. A Memorandum of Understanding with the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) provides a framework for NRC staff interaction with the ACRS. The ACRS conducts self-assessments to improve its effectiveness and efficiency. In FY15, the ACRS completed licensing reviews associated with license applications, combine license applications, and license renewals; significant rulemaking activities associated with mitigation strategies for beyond-design-basis-events; regulatory guidance related to BWR site; power uprate applications; NRC lessons learned activities related to the accident at Fukushima; The NRC safety research program; digital instrumentation and control matters; metallurgy and reactor fuels issues; and probabilistic risk assessments.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

The Commission appoints ACRS members with the scientific and engineering expertise needed to address the safety issues of importance to the Commission. Members are sought who can provide an independent perspective on nuclear safety issues, outstanding scientific and technical ability, balanced and mature judgment, and a willingness to devote the time required to the demanding work involved. Members do not have fixed terms.

However, absent unusual circumstances, they do not serve more than three, four year terms. Members are reappointed in excess of this period only if there is a compelling continuing need for their expertise. Vacancies in the ACRS membership are filled from the pool of applicants which exists after solicitations of interest are published in the Federal Register, trade and professional society publications, and in the press. Recommendations to the Commission as to the selection of qualified candidates from this pool are made by the ACRS Member Candidate Screening Panel. The ACRS provides input to this Panel.

During FY 2015, the membership was comprised of individuals with diverse employment backgrounds and included those with expertise in the areas of nuclear power plant operations; probabilistic risk assessment; analysis of severe reactor accident phenomena; design of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components; chemical engineering; digital instrumentation and control; materials and metallurgy; health physics; and thermal-hydraulics and computational fluid dynamics. The diversity of viewpoints represented by current members is based on special fields of interest, employment experience, and technical expertise. These member attributes provide the Committee with the balance of highly qualified technical expertise and diverse safety perspectives necessary to carry out the Committee's statutory responsibilities effectively.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee Meetings?

The ACRS and its Subcommittees held 84 meetings during FY 2015, of which 10 were Full Committee meetings. The number of meetings held in a reporting period is directly related to the number of nuclear safety matters to be reviewed as required by statute; the number of rules and regulatory guidance referred to the Committee for review and comment; the number of special reviews requested by the Commission, EDO, or other Federal Government organizations; and other safety issues of particular concern to the Committee and its stakeholders. The Full Committee normally meets 10 times a year for 3 days to consider important safety-related nuclear issues, license applications, generic issues, significant regulatory matters, rules, and regulatory guidance. The ACRS Subcommittees, which are normally comprised of three to six members with the relevant expertise, meet as necessary with stakeholders to conduct in-depth reviews of particular matters for later consideration by the full membership during Full Committee meetings.

Although not required by the revised FACA, Subcommittee meetings are conducted under the same FACA procedures as the Full Committee meetings to facilitate public participation and to provide a forum for stakeholders to express their views on regulatory matters being considered by the ACRS. Reviews are conducted during each Full Committee meeting to assess the relevance of proposed review topics, resource needs, and the priority of each activity. These assessments have the benefit of input from the Commission, EDO, and other stakeholders. All ACRS meetings for this reporting period addressed either matters for which ACRS review was required by statute or regulation, specific requests from either the Commission or the EDO, or other important regulatory and safety-related matters self-initiated in response to ACRS concerns.

20d. Why can't the advice or information this committee provides be obtained elsewhere?

The ACRS is an independent body of recognized experts in the field of nuclear reactor safety whose Congressional mandate is to provide the Commission with independent advice. Particular duties of the ACRS (e.g., review of operating reactor license renewal applications, extended power uprate amendments, new reactor designs, and rules and regulatory guidance) are dictated by statute or regulation. In addition, functional arrangements exist wherein, upon request, the ACRS provides advice to the Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The Commission has its own expert staff on whom it relies in the day-to-day regulation of nuclear power facilities. The ACRS provides the Commission and the NRC staff with an independent, critical review of high level regulatory issues under consideration by the NRC and independent technical insights as to important matters needing Commission attention. The ACRS members are part-time special government employees with other full-time interests and activities in related fields, and provide a breadth of experience, an independent perspective on issues, and technical knowledge that is not duplicated by the NRC's full-time government employees. A standing Committee such as the ACRS remains current with respect to nuclear safety issues of importance to the NRC, including those related to reactor operating experience, regulatory reform, and NRC's needs for safety research, and provides an independent, collegial judgment regarding these issues that other part-time consultants could not provide. The ACRS meetings provide an important forum for stakeholders to express freely their concerns on safety issues and the regulatory process.

A number of important safety initiatives have had their origins in ACRS deliberations.

Through the ACRS, the public and the Congress are ensured of an independent technical review and evaluation of the safety of NRC-licensed facilities, proposed reactor designs, significant regulatory and safety issues, and of providing an opportunity for stakeholder input.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially closed committee meetings?

According to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c), ACRS meetings can only be closed for the following reasons:* Protect information classified as national security information* Discuss information relating solely to internal personnel rules and/or practices* Protect unclassified safeguards information* Protect proprietary information* Protect information provided in confidence by a foreign source* Prevent invasion of personal privacy* Prevent disclosure of information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed Agency action

21. Remarks None Designated Federal Officer Jamila Perry DFO

Members Committee Start End Occupation Member Members Designation Special Ballinger, 08/04/2013 08/03/2017 Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Massachusetts InstituteGovernment Ronald of Technology, Cambridge, MA Employee (SGE)

Member Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Special Banerjee, 07/26/2014 07/25/2018 Institute for Sustainable Energy Technologies, The Grove School of Government Sanjoy Engineering at the City College of New York, NY Employee (SGE)

Member Special Bley, 08/30/2015 08/29/2019 President of Buttonwood Consulting,Inc., Oakton, VA Government Dennis Employee (SGE)

Member Special Brown, 04/28/2012 04/27/2016 Senior Advisor for Electrical Systems, BMT Syntek Technologies, Inc., Government Charles Arlington, VA Employee (SGE)

Member Special Corradini, 09/07/2014 09/06/2018 Professor and Chairman of Department of Engineering Physics, UniversityGovernment Michael of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Employee (SGE)

Member Special Powers, 06/06/2014 06/05/2018 Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, Alburquerque, NM Government Dana Employee (SGE)

Member Special Ray, Harold 06/23/2012 06/22/2016 Retired Chief Executive Vice President, Southern California Edison Government Company, Rosemead, CA Employee (SGE)

Member Special Rempe, Joy 10/07/2014 10/06/2018 Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID Government Employee (SGE)

Member Special Riccardella, 09/01/2013 08/31/2017 Founding Member, Structural Integrity Associates, San Jose, CA Government Peter Employee (SGE)

Member Special Ryan, 07/06/2012 07/08/2015 Principal, Michael T. Ryan and Associates, LLC, Lexington, SC Government Michael Employee (SGE)

Member Special Schultz, 01/09/2012 01/08/2016 Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency; Retired Engineering Government Steven Manager, Nuclear Design Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, NC Employee (SGE)

Member Special Skillman, 08/21/2015 08/20/2019 President and Principal, Skillman Technical Resources, Hershey, PA Government Gordon Employee (SGE)

Member Special Stetkar, 09/05/2015 09/04/2019 Principal, Stetkar & Associates, Lake Forest, CAGovernment John Employee (SGE)

Member Total Number of Committee Members: 13

Narrative Description The ACRS develops an Operating Plan each year which describes the accomplishments of the Committee for the past fiscal year and planned activities for the current fiscal year and beyond. The ACRS staff provides feedback on the Agencys draft Strategic Plan and its goals. The mission of the ACRS is to support the NRCs mission in the area of reactor safety.

What are the most significant program outcomes associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies Improvements to health or safety Trust in government Major policy changes Advance in scientific research Effective grant making Improved service delivery Increased customer satisfaction Implementation of laws or regulatory requirements Other

Outcome Comments NA

What are the cost savings associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies None Unable to Determine Under $100,000

$100,000 - $500,000

$500,001 - $1,000,000

$1,000,001 - $5,000,000

$5,000,001 - $10,000,000 Over $10,000,000 Cost Savings Other Cost Savings Comments NA

What is the approximate Number of recommendations produced by this committee for the life of the committee?

Number of Recommendations Comments The Committee issued 18 reports to the Commission and the Executive Director for Operations. Of these reports, 26 recommendations were identified with several of these reports containing multiple recommendations.

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Fully implemented by the agency?

85%

% of Recommendations Fully Implemented Comments NA

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Partially implemented by the agency?

15%

% of Recommendations Partially Implemented Comments NA

Does the agency provide the committee with feedback regarding actions taken to implement recommendations or advice offered?

Yes No Not Applicable

Agency Feedback Comments The Memorandum of Understanding between ACRS Executive Director and the NRC Executive Director for Operations states that NRC Office Directors should ensure consideration of ACRS comments by the NRC staff. The Executive Director for Operations typically responds to each ACRS report by describing how each of the committees recommendations were addressed.

What other actions has the agency taken as a result of the committee's advice or recommendation?

Checked if Applies Reorganized Priorities Reallocated resources Issued new regulation Proposed legislation Approved grants or other payments Other

Action Comments NA

Is the Committee engaged in the review of applications for grants?

No Grant Review Comments NA

How is access provided to the information for the Committee's documentation?

Checked if Applies Contact DFO Online Agency Web Site Online Committee Web Site Online GSA FACA Web Site Publications Other

Access Comments N/A 2015 Fiscal Year Report: Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes Report Run Date: 02/28/2024 10:20:10 AM

1. Department or Agency 2. Fiscal Year Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2015

3. Committee or Subcommittee 3b. GSA Committee No.

1102

4. Is this New During Fiscal 5. Current 6. Expected Renewal 7. Expected Term Year? Charter Date Date No 03/14/2014 03/14/2016 8a. Was Terminated During 8b. Specific Termination 8c. Actual Term FiscalYear? Authority Date No 42 U.S.C. 2201

9. Agency Recommendation for Next 10a. Legislation Req to 10b. Legislation FiscalYear Terminate? Pending?

Continue No Not Applicable

11. Establishment Authority Agency Authority

12. Specific Establishment 13. Effective 14. Commitee 14c.

Authority Date Type Presidential?

42 U.S.C. 2201 07/01/1958 Continuing No 16b. Reports Report Date Report Title Report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advanced Notice of 11/21/2014 Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Potential Changes to Radiation Protection Regulations, Draft Report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advanced Notice of 01/29/2015 Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Potential Changes to Radiation Protection Regulations, Final 05/29/2015 Report on the Radioactive Seed Localization for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions, Draft 07/28/2015 Report on Germanium-68 (Ge-68) Decommissioning Funding Plan (DFP),

Draft 08/11/2015 Report on the Radioactive Seed Localization for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions Revision 1, Draft 08/12/2015 Report on Germanium-68 (Ge-68) Decommissioning Funding Plan (DFP) with Addendum, Final 09/16/2015 Report on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Draft NUREG-1556, Volume 9, Rev. 3, "Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses", Draft 09/20/2015 Report on Proposed Revision of the NRC Policy Statement on Reporting Abnormal Occurrences to Congress, Draft 09/21/2015 Report on the Current Requirement of 700 Hours for Training and Experience for Authorized Users of Alpha and Beta Emitters, draft Total Number of Reports: 9

17a. Open 4 17b. Closed 0 17c. Partially Closed 0 Other Activities0 17d. Total 4 Meetings and Dates Purpose Start End Discuss the ACMUI Subcommittee Report on the ANPR for 10 CFR Part 20 12/10/2014 - 12/10/2014 Discuss issues related to 10 CFR Part 35 Medical Use of Byproduct Material 03/19/2015 - 03/20/2015 Discuss the Training and Experience Requirements for Authorized Users of Alpha and Beta Emitters; Discuss the ACMUI Subcommittee Report on the Revisions to the Radioactive Seed Localization 06/16/2015 - 06/16/2015 Licensing Guidance Discuss the ACMUI Subcommittee Report on the Regulatory Issues Associated with the 08/12/2015 - 08/12/2015 Germanium/Gallium-68 Generators Total Number of Meetings: 4

Current FY Next FY 18a(1). Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members $148,894.00$130,000.00 18a(2). Personnel Pmts to Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18a(3). Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff $168,372.00$160,000.00 18a(4). Personnel Pmts to Non-Member Consultants $0.00 $0.00 18b(1). Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members $17,373.00 $42,900.00 18b(2). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18b(3). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff $8,202.00 $11,350.00 18b(4). Travel and Per Diem to Non-member Consultants $5,725.00 $8,250.00 18c. Other(rents,user charges, graphics, printing, mail, etc.) $0.00 $0.00 18d. Total $348,566.00$352,500.00

19. Federal Staff Support Years (FTE) 1.03 1.00

20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

The NRC staff believes that licensees, the general public, and medical professionals benefit when recognized experts provide advice to the staff. This advice enables staff to develop rules that will maintain public safety, while not inappropriately intruding upon the practice of medicine.The Staff provides a summary of issues to be addressed during meetings, and the ACMUI discusses the issues and gives advice and makes recommendations to the Staff. Furthermore, the ACMUI keeps staff abreast of new developments. This ongoing communication helps ensure that staff is aware of important issues during critical stages of rule development. When issues that need special emphasis arise, working groups and subcommittees are formed.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

Membership is balanced by placing individuals of diverse specialty on the committee. For instance, there are members who represent both diagnostic and therapeutic applications of medicine. There are members who have a regulatory function within their specialties.

There is a member who represents medicine from an administrative standpoint, and there is a patient advocate member, who represents patients' interests. ACMUI members also perform regular self-evaluations, in which they give feedback on the appropriateness of the committee's composition.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee Meetings?

Committee meetings are generally held semi-annually. The committee will hold more frequent meetings when important issues emerge or when issues need timely resolution.

20d. Why can't the advice or information this committee provides be obtained elsewhere?

NRC continues to strive to achieve its goal of creating risk-informed, performance-based regulations that provide for the health and safety of the public while imposing no unnecessary burden on licensees. Furthermore, the medical profession continues to see regular advances that create unique regulatory challenges. The advice and recommendations from medical professionals who are exposed to these advances is crucial to the NRC staff's ability to continue to regulate effectively.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially closed committee meetings?

Meetings are closed to conduct annual ethics briefings, annual allegations training, annual information security awareness training, conduct reviews of paperwork of a personal and confidential nature, and to discuss administrative matters that are purely internal to Committee business. It would be inappropriate to conduct these types of meetings openly.

They must be conducted privately to allow Committee members the freedom to ask and answer personal questions and to protect individuals' privacy.

21. Remarks

Designated Federal Officer Douglas Bollock DFO

Members Committee Start End Occupation Member Designation Members Alderson, Philip 03/24/2014 03/23/2018 Health Care Administrator Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Costello, Francis 05/12/2014 05/11/2018 Agreement State Representative Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Dilsizian, Vasken 05/12/2014 05/11/2018 Nuclear Cardiologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Ennis, Ronald 03/18/2015 03/17/2019 Radiation Oncologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Guiberteau, Milton 01/11/2011 01/10/2015 Diagnostic Radiologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Langhorst, Susan 09/28/2009 09/27/2016 Radiation Safety Officer Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Mattmuller, Steven 03/30/2008 03/29/2016 Nuclear Pharmacist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member O'Hara, Michael 11/01/2014 09/30/2016 Food and Drug Administration Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Representative Member Palestro, 09/22/2011 09/21/2019 Nuclear Medicine Physician Special Government Employee (SGE)

Christopher Member Suh, John 10/18/2010 10/17/2018 Radiation Oncologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Suleiman, Orhan 01/01/2004 10/31/2014 Food and Drug Administration Regular Government Employee (RGE)

Representative Member Thomadsen, Bruce 10/15/2007 10/14/2015 Medical Physicist - Therapy Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Weil, Laura 08/29/2011 08/28/2019 Patients' Rights Advocate Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Welsh, James 02/25/2007 02/24/2015 Radiation Oncologist Special Government Employee (SGE)

Member Zanzonico, Pat 03/08/2010 03/07/2018 Nuclear Medicine Medical PhysicistSpecial Government Employee (SGE)

Member Total Number of Committee Members: 15

Narrative Description The Committee provides input from the regulated medical community and the public that helps guide the NRC regulatory program.

What are the most significant program outcomes associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies Improvements to health or safety Trust in government Major policy changes Advance in scientific research Effective grant making Improved service delivery Increased customer satisfaction Implementation of laws or regulatory requirements Other Outcome Comments NA

What are the cost savings associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies None Unable to Determine Under $100,000

$100,000 - $500,000

$500,001 - $1,000,000

$1,000,001 - $5,000,000

$5,000,001 - $10,000,000 Over $10,000,000 Cost Savings Other

Cost Savings Comments Cost savings from improved regulations save medical institutions and patients, but totals can not be calculated.

What is the approximate Number of recommendations produced by this committee for the life of the committee?

195

Number of Recommendations Comments Recommendations from 2007 to FY2015 are included in the current count.

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Fully implemented by the agency?

86%

% of Recommendations Fully Implemented Comments Since 2007, 168 of 195 recommendations have been or will be fully implemented.

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Partially implemented by the agency?

8%

% of Recommendations Partially Implemented Comments Since 2007, 16 of 195 recommendations have been or will be partially implemented or have pending status.

Does the agency provide the committee with feedback regarding actions taken to implement recommendations or advice offered?

Yes No Not Applicable

Agency Feedback Comments NRC staff provides feedback at subsequent meetings by updating the Committee on the status of the list of recommendations.

What other actions has the agency taken as a result of the committee's advice or recommendation?

Checked if Applies Reorganized Priorities Reallocated resources Issued new regulation Proposed legislation Approved grants or other payments Other

Action Comments NA

Is the Committee engaged in the review of applications for grants?

No Grant Review Comments NA

How is access provided to the information for the Committee's documentation?

Checked if Applies Contact DFO Online Agency Web Site Online Committee Web Site Online GSA FACA Web Site Publications Other Access Comments http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/advisory/acmui.html 2015 Fiscal Year Report: Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel Report Run Date: 02/28/2024 10:20:10 AM

1. Department or Agency 2. Fiscal Year Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2015

3. Committee or Subcommittee 3b. GSA Committee No.

1104

4. Is this New During Fiscal5. Current 6. Expected Renewal 7. Expected Term Year? Charter Date Date No 01/07/2015 01/07/2017 8a. Was Terminated During 8b. Specific Termination 8c. Actual Term FiscalYear? Authority Date No 42 U.S.C. 2201

9. Agency Recommendation for Next 10a. Legislation Req to 10b. Legislation FiscalYear Terminate? Pending?

Continue No Not Applicable

11. Establishment Authority Agency Authority

12. Specific Establishment 13. Effective 14. Commitee 14c.

Authority Date Type Presidential?

42 U.S.C. 2201 01/19/1975 Continuing No 16b. Reports No Reports

17a. Open 0 17b. Closed 0 17c. Partially Closed 0 Other Activities0 17d. Total 0 Meetings and Dates No Meetings

Current FY Next FY 18a(1). Personnel Pmts to Non-Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18a(2). Personnel Pmts to Federal Members $1,000.00 $1,000.00 18a(3). Personnel Pmts to Federal Staff $0.00 $0.00 18a(4). Personnel Pmts to Non-Member Consultants $0.00 $0.00 18b(1). Travel and Per Diem to Non-Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18b(2). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Members $0.00 $0.00 18b(3). Travel and Per Diem to Federal Staff $0.00 $0.00 18b(4). Travel and Per Diem to Non-member Consultants $0.00 $0.00 18c. Other(rents,user charges, graphics, printing, mail, etc.) $0.00 $0.00 18d. Total $1,000.00 $1,000.00

19. Federal Staff Support Years (FTE) 0.00 0.00

20a. How does the Committee accomplish its purpose?

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission relied on the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP) for advice and recommendations on the design and operation of the searchable electronic database (Licensing Support Network (LSN)) for documents that were relevant to the licensing of a geologic repository for the storage of high level nuclear waste as defined in 10 CFR 2.1003. The document collection contained electronic copies of all of the material that was used by parties in the NRC's licensing proceeding for a high level radioactive waste repository. The LSN was loaded with more than 3 million documents begining in FY-2004 and continuing through FY-2011. Document addition continued during FY-2011, however, no committee meetings were held since December 2003. DOE had planned on submitting an application to build a high level waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada in December 2004, however delays occured and in the spring of 2006 DOE issued a revised schedule. DOE certified their LSN document collection in late 2007 and submitted a License application to the NRC in June 2008. The delay in DOE's program negated any need for LSN meetings during this period. During FY 2010 DOE asked to withdraw the Yucca Mountain License Application pending before the NRC. In FY-2011 through FY2015, Congress did not appropisate any funds for DOE or NRC for the Licenseing of the Yucca Mountain Application. NRC shut down the licensing review in FY-2011 and preserved the record of the proceeding. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that presided over the application hearing ordered the parties to submit their LSN document collections to the NRC Secretary for preservation. The LSN system was decomissioned at the close of FY-2011. Litigation continued before the DC Circuit Court in FY-2012 and in August 2013 the DC Circuit issued a Writ of Mandamus.

During FY-2015 the NRC staff finished the Safety Evaluation Report for the Yucca Mtn repository using carryover funding and worked on a supplemental environmental impact statement. Further meetings will depend upon decisions by the Commission on a course of action and the availability of funding.

20b. How does the Committee balance its membership?

The LSNARP is aRepresentational Committee and the membership was balanced by being drawn from among the full spectrum of parties to NRC's licensing proceeding for the burial of high level radioactive waste. Since the burial site under review is in Nevada, the membership includes the State of Nevada, local county governments of both Nevada and California, Indian tribes (represented by the National Congress of American Indians), and an environmental group (the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force). It also included the nuclear industry, the potential licensee (DOE) and the licensing agency (NRC). Input by these representatives was essential to the success of the LSN project. If the Committee meets in the future, the parties will be requested to designate new members as their representatives.

20c. How frequent and relevant are the Committee Meetings?

The LSNARP did not meet in FY-2015. The need for additional meetings of the LSNARP will be determined based upon the Commission's course of action in response to the DC Circuit Courts Writ of Mandamus and the availability of funding..

20d. Why can't the advice or information this committee provides be obtained elsewhere?

The Committee was formed as part of a negotiated rulemaking to oversee the operation of the LSN. The advice provided by the state, county and tribal governmental units, together with other potential users of the LSN and EHD, was unique to this particular computer application. It was not available from other existing committees or within the NRC itself.

NRC considered it essential that advice on the design of the software and hardware should come from representatives of the future hands-on users of the LSN.

20e. Why is it necessary to close and/or partially closed committee meetings?

The LSNARP did not hold any closed meetings in FY 2015.

21. Remarks In FY-2015, Congress did not appropisate any funds for DOE or NRC for the Licenseing of the Yucca Mountain Application. In August 2013 the DC Circuit Court issued a Writ of Mandamus ordering the NRC to "promptly continue with the legally mandated licensing process" for DOE's Yucca Mountain application using the carry over funds available.

During FY-2015 the Commission used available carryover funding to finish the Safey Evaluation Report volumes 2-5 to fullfil the Courts mandate. Work then continued on the Supplemental Environmental Report. Still pending is the transfer and loading of all of the LSN documents to the NRC's public document system on ADAMS. Future meetings of the Committee remained uncertain and depend upon availability of funding and resumption of the adjudicatory proceeding.

Designated Federal Officer Andrew L Bates DFO

Members Committee Start End Occupation Member Designation Members Bates, Andrew 06/01/2003 12/30/2017 US Nuclear RegulatoryRegular Government Employee (RGE)

Commission Member Total Number of Committee Members: 1

Narrative Description Under the Nuclear waste Policy Act the NRC is responsible for Licensing a High Level Radioactive Waste facility. The Committee supports the Commission in providing advice on making all of the relevant documants electronically available to the parties and/or potential parties to the licensing proceeding. The comprehensive document collection is intended to expedite the adjudicatory process by providing an easily searchable document collection.

What are the most significant program outcomes associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies Improvements to health or safety Trust in government Major policy changes Advance in scientific research Effective grant making Improved service delivery Increased customer satisfaction Implementation of laws or regulatory requirements Other

Outcome Comments NA

What are the cost savings associated with this committee?

Checked if Applies None Unable to Determine Under $100,000

$100,000 - $500,000

$500,001 - $1,000,000

$1,000,001 - $5,000,000

$5,000,001 - $10,000,000 Over $10,000,000 Cost Savings Other Cost Savings Comments The Nuclear industry estimated in Congressional testimony in 1999 that the cost of adding waste storage at reactors was roughly $537 million per year. The LSN enabled an expedited discovery process. The exact time savings is unknown, but even several months saved a considerable ammount.

What is the approximate Number of recommendations produced by this committee for the life of the committee?

0

Number of Recommendations Comments No meetings were held this year.

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Fully implemented by the agency?

0%

% of Recommendations Fully Implemented Comments Data not available.

What is the approximate Percentage of these recommendations that have been or will be Partially implemented by the agency?

0%

% of Recommendations Partially Implemented Comments Data not available.

Does the agency provide the committee with feedback regarding actions taken to implement recommendations or advice offered?

Yes No Not Applicable

Agency Feedback Comments Feedback has been provided through follow up meetings and/or written reports.

What other actions has the agency taken as a result of the committee's advice or recommendation?

Checked if Applies Reorganized Priorities Reallocated resources Issued new regulation Proposed legislation Approved grants or other payments Other

Action Comments Issuance of Guidelines, procedures, regulations for operation of the LSN and electronic submittal of documents to the NRC.

Is the Committee engaged in the review of applications for grants?

No Grant Review Comments NA

How is access provided to the information for the Committee's documentation?

Checked if Applies Contact DFO Online Agency Web Site Online Committee Web Site Online GSA FACA Web Site Publications Other

Access Comments All Committee documents are in the NRC Public Documents Collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html